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Writing Style. Emily Dickinson has a veryunique style of writing that many people do not understand.When she was all alone in seclusion, she would read Webster'sDictionary, which is why her poems use very different words inweird ways (Emily Dickinson). "Dickinson usesidentical rhyme (sane, insane) sparingly.
Likewise, people ask, why does Emily Dickinson use the dash?
She was a monumentally original artist and innovator. Conventionalpunctuation and for that matter prosody did not serve herpurposes. We read her dashes and get the sense that she wasconcerned with a kind of metaphysical version of phrasing--even ofbreathing.
- Death. Death is one of the foremost themes in Dickinson'spoetry.
- Truth and its tenuous nature. Dickinson is fascinated andobsessed with the idea of truth, and with finding it in herpoems.
- Fame and success. Dickinson wrote many poems dealing with fameand success.
- Grief.
- Faith.
- Freedom through poetry.
- Intensity of emotion.
In this way, what is Emily Dickinson known for?
Emily Dickinson, regarded as one of America'sgreatest poets, is also well known for her unusual life ofself-imposed social seclusion. Living a life of simplicity andseclusion, she yet wrote poetry of great power; questioning thenature of immortality and death, with at times an almost mantricquality.
In general, Emily Dickinson did not title herpoems because she did not intend for a majority of theirpublication. All of her work published during